By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented expansion in the world's most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin America and the rest of the developing world.
| ISBN: | 9780230371545 |
| Publication date: | 10th October 2012 |
| Author: | Dennis Rodgers, Jo Beall, S M Ravi Kanbur |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 270 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Development Economics and Policy |
| Genres: |
Regional / urban economics Health economics Welfare economics Macroeconomics Development economics and emerging economies Civil service and public sector |